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Posted at March 23, 2007 at 2:25 pm

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Over at Bleeding Heartland, I’ve posted three Iowa netroots polls to judge what people think of Iowa’s big-three Democratic leaders: Chet Culver, Pat Murphy, and Mike Gronstal. Please go vote and leave your thoughts. Hopefully by the end of the weekend or the beginning of next week we’ll have some interesting numbers to […]

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Democrat
Posted at March 20, 2007 at 6:17 pm

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Last week, the Fair Share bill that had been watered down to only apply to state workers (those in the public sector) was suddenly pulled from the floor of the House because it appeared that House Democrats did not have enough votes to pass the bill. Now, some have speculated that dirty tactics by […]

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Democrat
Posted at January 11, 2007 at 1:07 pm

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Chris Dorsey from IowaPolitics.com has the scoop:
“Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, and Senate President Jack Kibbie, D-Emmetsburg, will draft a resolution urging Congress not to escalate the war in Iraq and not to approve the president’s request for 21,000 additional troops.
Vilsack, a Democratic presidential candidate, said it was time for Congress to step […]

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Posted at January 9, 2007 at 7:56 pm

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As I mentioned early today, Governor Tom Vilsack called on the Iowa Legislature to adopt a resolution to express Iowa’s opposition to escalation to be proposed by President Bush in his address to the nation tomorrow night. Essentially, Vilsack is calling on states and communities across the nation to pass resolutions opposing the McCain […]

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Democrat
Posted at January 8, 2007 at 11:18 am

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I’m currently listening to the live audio of the Iowa House of Representatives. Pat Murphy has been duly elected speaker and they’ve fulfilled some honorary and other necessary business. The Register has a welcome story this morning as well.
Right now, Republican Minority Leader is speaking currently, and according to Kay Henderson, he’ll be […]

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Democrat
Posted at January 7, 2007 at 9:24 pm

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Last year when the Legislature went into session — and when they debated the heated bills — it was our good friend of the blogosphere Bacon who went up there and did the real reporting work and really helped push the blogs in Iowa to begin talking about local politics from the statehouse level, not […]

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